A wave of anti-femicide activism rippled throughout the globe last month protesting the disappearances and grotesque murders of young women on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and it eventually reached El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, where activists and academics say being poor and indigenous are significant risk factors.  “Femicide is a purposeful attack on women because they’re women. It’s not just any homicide,” said Guillermina Gina Núñez-Mchiri, director of … Continue reading Activists, academics say indigenous women are among most vulnerable in Mexico’s femicide crisis, amid global protests